UNIVERSITY PARK - When they return home Sunday evening, Penn State wrestlers will have spent nearly 15 hours on a bus and covered almost 920 miles on a road trip through Ann Arbor and East Lansing, Michigan. These types of treks are nothing out of the ordinary for Penn State's Kade Moss. The redshirt freshman 141-pounder is used to spending time away from home. He's still getting used to the grind of a college wrestling season, however. Moss — who spent two years on a religious mission in Mexico City and redshirted last season is still getting his legs back under him. His next opportunity will come Friday when the No. 5 Nittany Lions (8-2, 4-2 Big Ten) take on the No....

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